Hi,
Since an update in December, the android app of the UK news paper The Guardian is no longer working for me. I have been waiting till now for them to fix the issue but it still crashes after today's update. The error message shown is "Unfortunately, Guardian has stopped, " I want to know if anyone else is experiencing this issue and if there is anyway to prevent it.
Anyone having a GT-i9305 and is on stock kk 4.4.4. Please download it and give me the feedback. Here is the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.guardian&hl=en .
I'm on Stock 4.4.4 kit Kat, GT-I9305, rooted.
Thanks
come on guys, can someone please confirm it?
really, no one can help me
Only a year ago this forum was crawling with people, guess it's time to move on .
Guess no one will try it
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I got this app working once and once only for about 10 minutes, played around with it and exited the app. I now can't get it to work again no matter what I do.
I can confirm I am having this issue too on Jelly Bean 4.3, Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300)! New phone, not rooted and no crap installed on it, It's driving me insane as I'm not a technophobe. I've tried clearing the cache, clearing data, uninstalling and reinstalling more than once, battery pulls, disabling Google+, wiping cache partition in recovery mode, moving app to SD card... ARGHH!
Square Eyes said:
Hi
I got this app working once and once only for about 10 minutes, played around with it and exited the app. I now can't get it to work again no matter what I do.
I can confirm I am having this issue too on Jelly Bean 4.3, Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300)! New phone, not rooted and no crap installed on it, It's driving me insane as I'm not a technophobe. I've tried clearing the cache, clearing data, uninstalling and reinstalling more than once, battery pulls, disabling Google+, wiping cache partition in recovery mode, moving app to SD card... ARGHH!
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same here, still not working. It's a great app. I was using it everyday and now it doesn't even open
Square Eyes said:
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I got this app working once and once only for about 10 minutes, played around with it and exited the app. I now can't get it to work again no matter what I do.
I can confirm I am having this issue too on Jelly Bean 4.3, Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300)! New phone, not rooted and no crap installed on it, It's driving me insane as I'm not a technophobe. I've tried clearing the cache, clearing data, uninstalling and reinstalling more than once, battery pulls, disabling Google+, wiping cache partition in recovery mode, moving app to SD card... ARGHH!
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Try to update it, it should work now, they fixed it. I have an occasional notification "this app is not authorised for billing etc" besides of that it works fine.
immediately after boot splash, it says
Installing..
for a few seconds, then says
Failed
then
0%
then
1%
then it says update failed and reboots.
i had some apps disabled first try, enabled them, but it still failed.
any tips?
If you are rooted, or have changed any CSC settings, OTA updates will failed. If you are completely set on updating to 5.1.1, I would Odin back to stock of whatever version you are running now and OTA to 5.1.1. But be warned that if you are rooted now, you probably will lose root forever.
sirdizzle415 said:
If you are rooted, or have changed any CSC settings, OTA updates will failed. If you are completely set on updating to 5.1.1, I would Odin back to stock of whatever version you are running now and OTA to 5.1.1. But be warned that if you are rooted now, you probably will lose root forever.
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no, actually havent rooted. 100% stock
tykazowsky said:
no, actually havent rooted. 100% stock
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Interesting. The only other suggestion I have if you're unrooted and all of your apps and services are enabled is to make sure you have at least 3.00 gigs of space available before you try to update. I've seen that be a problem before.
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I have over 4GB free... I checked that. Could that still be too little?
I had the same problem. Then I tried updating the previously disabled applications in the play store. After they updated, I attempted the download again, and this time the installation worked as expected.
I'm having this issue as well. I did a factory reset knowing I was rooted. Tried 3 times (very annoying that it re-downloads every time, by the way).
Of course, I can't Odin without a rom to flash and ATT is so anal about giving up their factory roms.
I've also tried Smart Switch to apply the update after the 3 failed attempts. No dice, smart switch doesn't think an update is available.
EgoGelder said:
I had the same problem. Then I tried updating the previously disabled applications in the play store. After they updated, I attempted the download again, and this time the installation worked as expected.
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i did this, and it still failed :/
tykazowsky said:
i did this, and it still failed :/
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Hmm.. Yeah, it failed for me 2-3 times in a row... I kept kicking the date out 24 hours to allow me to download it again... I think when I finally got it to work I was on Friday the 2nd of Oct. Other things that I did before that was clear system cache, cleaned up about 2 more gig of space (was at 5 gb free initially, got it to around 7 gb) and then enabled all my disabled apps and updated them. Could have just been dumb luck, or combination of multiple things....
EgoGelder said:
Hmm.. Yeah, it failed for me 2-3 times in a row... I kept kicking the date out 24 hours to allow me to download it again... I think when I finally got it to work I was on Friday the 2nd of Oct. Other things that I did before that was clear system cache, cleaned up about 2 more gig of space (was at 5 gb free initially, got it to around 7 gb) and then enabled all my disabled apps and updated them. Could have just been dumb luck, or combination of multiple things....
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YES I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK!
it had nothing to do with apps, I tried with 3gb free, fail, 4gb free fail, but i went in and cleared all apps cache which was 7gb (somehow) i tried again and it worked!!!
so if you get this error, make sure you have at least 7 or 8gb free! it should go smoothly
tykazowsky said:
YES I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK!
it had nothing to do with apps, I tried with 3gb free, fail, 4gb free fail, but i went in and cleared all apps cache which was 7gb (somehow) i tried again and it worked!!!
so if you get this error, make sure you have at least 7 or 8gb free! it should go smoothly
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Sweet! Glad to hear it worked.
tykazowsky said:
YES I FINALLY GOT IT TO WORK!
it had nothing to do with apps, I tried with 3gb free, fail, 4gb free fail, but i went in and cleared all apps cache which was 7gb (somehow) i tried again and it worked!!!
so if you get this error, make sure you have at least 7 or 8gb free! it should go smoothly
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I have 14gb free and it still isnt working for me...tried 4x and it keeps failing. Downloads perfectly fine but when i go to install it does the same thing it's been doing for everyone else. Don't know whats going on this has never happened before - i am on stock.
Update checklist:
1) Enable and update all apps. Clear app cache.
2) Safe mode (hold vol- during boot sequence)
3) Samsung Smart Switch
4) Flash with Odin (either at Best Buy or yourself) to OF4 (5.0.2 then update, or directly to 5.1.1)
If you were rooted, either use Samsung Smart Switch to upgrade, flash with Odin to OF4 or do a factory reset (make sure you don't re-install SuperSU) before upgrading.
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XGC75 said:
Update checklist:
1) Enable and update all apps. Clear app cache.
2) Safe mode (hold vol- during boot sequence)
3) Samsung Smart Switch
4) Flash with Odin (either at Best Buy or yourself) to OF4 (5.0.2 then update, or directly to 5.1.1)
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Why do we need to enable and update all apps when the update is still failing for users who do not have any apps disabled? I do not want to take the time and space to enable & update all my disabled apps if it is still not going to work. :/
It's worked for some guys in the past. Didn't work for me either. I had to reflash the phone at best buy to OF4 before the update worked properly.
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What worked for me
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tykazowsky said:
immediately after boot splash, it says
Installing..
for a few seconds, then says
Failed
then
0%
then
1%
then it says update failed and reboots.
i had some apps disabled first try, enabled them, but it still failed.
any tips?
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What worked for me
Hey, I had the same issue. I'd download the update, try to install it and it would crash and reboot.
What stopped my update from working was the fact that I had my developer's settings on. I tapped on the build number 7 times to open up developer's settings and disable the NuPlayer (because it made my snapchat stories lag and skip around). In order to get the update to work, I went to Settings>Device>Apps>App Manager>Settings>Clear Data. After clearing the data, the option for developer's settings wasn't available (unless I enable it again of course) and I was able to install the update just fine.
Hope I helped.
I accidentally started downloading the large Oreo update today (Still on Nougat) and although have it paused, it shows an icon permanently in the notifications bar staying download paused.
Is there a way of cancelling the download completely and get back to the download later option as I had before.
billu said:
I accidentally started downloading the large Oreo update today (Still on Nougat) and although have it paused, it shows an icon permanently in the notifications bar staying download paused.
Is there a way of cancelling the download completely and get back to the download later option as I had before.
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Unfortunately you will have to factory reset. I've tried clearing cache and it will not work. If you have root and TWRP you can try to find the data, I don't know where it is stored. If you go the reset route remove your sim card, mobile data and WIFI and then disable the OTA before it starts downloading again. Of course you will need a package disabler or use adb to disable the update files.
Misterxtc said:
Unfortunately you will have to factory reset. I've tried clearing cache and it will not work. If you have root and TWRP you can try to find the data, I don't know where it is stored. If you go the reset route remove your sim card, mobile data and WIFI and then disable the OTA before it starts downloading again. Of course you will need a package disabler or use adb to disable the update files.
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That sucks. I will probably bite the bullet and update to Oreo. My only concern is poor battery life.
Thanks for the information.
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billu said:
That sucks. I will probably bite the bullet and update to Oreo. My only concern is poor battery life.
Thanks for the information.
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No problem. I can't comment on battery life for your model but it's been great for me on the 950U1.
i think you can use a package disable and disable the system update
I went ahead and updated to Oreo. Didn't fancy factory reset and installing/configuring tons of apps.
Still have the August update to do.
I'll wipe the cache afterwards. Let's see what it does to the battery life.
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It started to happen to my phone after I flashed only system.img to my rooted phone, tried to get the phone back to stock like some sort of a shortcut, to try to get OTA update.
I did not recognize it right away, but it started to happen from time to time and in all random occasions.
The phone will literally freeze for about 5-10sec and then everything will go back to normal.
The standard android message will appear that app is not responding do I want to kill it or wait.
I flashed the whole phone with stock images, temporarily rooted the phone again to enable camera2, uninstalled root, and it still happens from time to time.
Any suggestions, what can I do, what to check, where to look ?
I had kernel "Kernel Adiutor (ROOT)" previously installed, but I changed nothing major, just cpu governor to ondemand, and messed a little bit with entropy. This was installed on the phone before flashing.
minnuss said:
It started to happen to my phone after I flashed only system.img to my rooted phone, tried to get the phone back to stock like some sort of a shortcut, to try to get OTA update.
I did not recognize it right away, but it started to happen from time to time and in all random occasions.
The phone will literally freeze for about 5-10sec and then everything will go back to normal.
The standard android message will appear that app is not responding do I want to kill it or wait.
I flashed the whole phone with stock images, temporarily rooted the phone again to enable camera2, uninstalled root, and it still happens from time to time.
Any suggestions, what can I do, what to check, where to look ?
I had kernel "Kernel Adiutor (ROOT)" previously installed, but I changed nothing major, just cpu governor to ondemand, and messed a little bit with entropy. This was installed on the phone before flashing.
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You may want to clean the dalvik-cache first. (Install TWRP and clean it from there) the system is storing tons of thing in there, and *for my case* wiping it was like a deliverance ?
minnuss said:
It started to happen to my phone after I flashed only system.img to my rooted phone, tried to get the phone back to stock like some sort of a shortcut, to try to get OTA update.
I did not recognize it right away, but it started to happen from time to time and in all random occasions.
The phone will literally freeze for about 5-10sec and then everything will go back to normal.
The standard android message will appear that app is not responding do I want to kill it or wait.
I flashed the whole phone with stock images, temporarily rooted the phone again to enable camera2, uninstalled root, and it still happens from time to time.
Any suggestions, what can I do, what to check, where to look ?
I had kernel "Kernel Adiutor (ROOT)" previously installed, but I changed nothing major, just cpu governor to ondemand, and messed a little bit with entropy. This was installed on the phone before flashing.
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Is the phone writing big files to the disk like an automatic Backup? That's when my phone becomes unresponsive..
dodjob said:
You may want to clean the dalvik-cache first. (Install TWRP and clean it from there) the system is storing tons of thing in there, and *for my case* wiping it was like a deliverance
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Hmm, i will try this when I get home from work, thanx.
Benjamin_L said:
Is the phone writing big files to the disk like an automatic Backup? That's when my phone becomes unresponsive..
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No custom installed auto backup aps, only default Android syncs.
I think that it has to do something with the kernel, or something deeper then stock images, maybe dodjob is right, I will try with dalvik erase, and if I remember correctly twrp has another option to clean something else, will check it today...
Is there a way to flash default stock kernel again ?
minnuss said:
Hmm, i will try this when I get home from work, thanx.
No custom installed auto backup aps, only default Android syncs.
I think that it has to do something with the kernel, or something deeper then stock images, maybe dodjob is right, I will try with dalvik erase, and if I remember correctly twrp has another option to clean something else, will check it today...
Is there a way to flash default stock kernel again ?
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Let us know!
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Let us know!
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Nope, it did not work, freeze remains.
Now I need to check what Benjamin said, about internal storage, format system, and do all over again, but now without restoring backup, starting with fresh droid install.
minnuss said:
Nope, it did not work, freeze remains.
Now I need to check what Benjamin said, about internal storage, format system, and do all over again, but now without restoring backup, starting with fresh droid install.
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That sucks big time ? the only time I got a freeze was as I wanted to empty chrome beta cache. After the reboot, all went back as it should be...
I did it, finally, flashed all images again stock, and then don't restored backup of the phone offered by google, but do the clean new phone installation.
It works now, everything is setup and works as it should be, except camera2api, I did not enable that one yet.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem was with the way how camera2 api was enabled, I did it via adb shell.
How did you guys did it, if you have it enabled ?
This has started to happen to me since yesterday. I've had the phone to a couple of weeks and it's completely stock and un rooted. I rebooted the phone last night cause I thought it was some ram issue but it remains today. I'll give it a few days and hope it fixes itself.
minnuss said:
I did it, finally, flashed all images again stock, and then don't restored backup of the phone offered by google, but do the clean new phone installation.
It works now, everything is setup and works as it should be, except camera2api, I did not enable that one yet.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem was with the way how camera2 api was enabled, I did it via adb shell.
How did you guys did it, if you have it enabled ?
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Adb root shell. Can't think of a way this could damage anything if you just set the one property
hacktek said:
This has started to happen to me since yesterday. I've had the phone to a couple of weeks and it's completely stock and un rooted. I rebooted the phone last night cause I thought it was some ram issue but it remains today. I'll give it a few days and hope it fixes itself.
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Did you have device rooted for a while, or it was always stock ?
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Adb root shell. Can't think of a way this could damage anything if you just set the one property
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Thanx, I needed that confirmation, then my problem was probably caused by some application that wanted to take root actions, without root enabled, and causing havoc to the system, because I was restoring backup last two times, backup from rooted phone.
I had rooted phone, then flashed only system.img, then the problem started, I don't know...
I will use the phone tomorrow for work without camera2, to make sure that I don't have any more problems.
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Did you have device rooted for a while, or it was always stock ?
Thanx, I needed that confirmation, then my problem was probably caused by some application that wanted to take root actions, without root enabled, and causing havoc to the system, because I was restoring backup last two times, backup from rooted phone.
I had rooted phone, then flashed only system.img, then the problem started, I don't know...
I will use the phone tomorrow for work without camera2, to make sure that I don't have any more problems.
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It's always been stock.
I had never rooted this phone and I am on September security patch, from September 6th, but for 2 days, 1-2 times a day I get some freeeze for 1-3 minutes. Today I tried to clear manually the cache from Facebook, and it took me 1 minute after I click the button "Clear cache". And then I got everything freezing. After a black screen for 10 seconds I got an error as you can see in the screenshot attached. I will repeat, never touched the phone's system. Does anybody meet this problem???
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I had never rooted this phone and I am on September security patch, from September 6th, but for 2 days, 1-2 times a day I get some freeeze for 1-3 minutes. Today I tried to clear manually the cache from Facebook, and it took me 1 minute after I click the button "Clear cache". And then I got everything freezing. After a black screen for 10 seconds I got an error as you can see in the screenshot attached. I will repeat, never touched the phone's system. Does anybody meet this problem???
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Yes this happens when lots of I/o is done on the internal disk. I hope this is just a missing optimization and not a hardware issue. But let's bug xiaomi with it. I assume you also have the 64GB version?
@kaiwanted, I had that, but not 2 times per day, but almost constantly and the stops were about 10-15 sec, not for a whole minutes.
Clean flash, clean new start a phone procedure when the phone boots, no restores of backup.
And erased Dalvik cache in TWRP.
Or, if you don't want to do this, try with uninstalling all unnecessary apps that you have in the phone, try the day use with minimum, to see what happens.
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@kaiwanted, I had that, but not 2 times per day, but almost constantly and the stops were about 10-15 sec, not for a whole minutes.
Clean flash, clean new start a phone procedure when the phone boots, no restores of backup.
And erased Dalvik cache in TWRP.
Or, if you don't want to do this, try with uninstalling all unnecessary apps that you have in the phone, try the day use with minimum, to see what happens.
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I read a lot regarding how people brick their phone with TWRP and rooting, so for now I will not use this future. But to reset my phone I will think about. Anyway I need this phone to use all my applications, not only a couple of them, because of this freezing (.
Thanks for suggestions.
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@kaiwanted, I had that, but not 2 times per day, but almost constantly and the stops were about 10-15 sec, not for a whole minutes.
Clean flash, clean new start a phone procedure when the phone boots, no restores of backup.
And erased Dalvik cache in TWRP.
Or, if you don't want to do this, try with uninstalling all unnecessary apps that you have in the phone, try the day use with minimum, to see what happens.
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So I uninstalled about 5-6 applications and freeze disappear. From which I remember, I uninstalled: Spendee, XDA Dev app, Zugo Wallpapers etc.
Still when I clear the cache manually from Applications in settings, it takes about a minute or more to clean 100-500mb. This is weird.
Anyway, thank you for the suggestion.
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So I uninstalled about 5-6 applications and freeze disappear. From which I remember, I uninstalled: Spendee, XDA Dev app, Zugo Wallpapers etc.
Still when I clear the cache manually from Applications in settings, it takes about a minute or more to clean 100-500mb. This is weird.
Anyway, thank you for the suggestion.
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I did the same thing. Went through my application list, uninstalled everything I didn't need and the issue went away. I cleared like 5% of storage space with still over 50% left but it seems to have helped.
reflashed all stock, enabled camera 2 api using mi a2 toolkit (magisk method) and I have the same. Cleared everything and run flash_all.bat. enable cam 2 api again and still have the same issue. clean install of apps doesn't fix it. Any idea on how to fix the sudden freeze?
Thanks
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if I completely root the device, I will still have the random freeze?
also, if I factory reset the device in the settings, the camera 2 api will be gone? thanks
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Maybe, just maybe, the problem was with the way how camera2 api was enabled, I did it via adb shell.
How did you guys did it, if you have it enabled ?
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I did it via twrp and adb shell setprop persist...
No issues here at all.